68 



Value of crop : — 

 111, bushels corn at $1 per bushel, 

 7200 pounds husks and butts at $5 per ton, 

 3840 pounds stalks, .... 



Deducting cost of crop, 



Leaving a net profit of 

 Or $57.10 per acre. 



Dover^ November 4:t7i, 1857. 



$111.46 

 18.00 

 15.36 



144.82 

 59.18 



85.64 

 Abner L. Smith. 



PHILEMON RUGGLES'S STATEMENT. 



I planted one acre and ten rods of ground, as measured by Mr. 

 Breck. I made use of barn-yard or cow manure, eight cords 

 the piece ; I ploughed four cords in and put four into the drills. 

 My method of cultivation was the same as in former years, except 

 that I planted in hills two feet apart ; heretofore I planted in drills, 

 in a zigzag form. I prefer the former to the latter. The proceeds 

 of my field of corn are as folloAvs : — 135 baskets corn, which pro- 

 duced 34 pounds of shelled corn per basket. The whole amount 

 of corn on the piece was 82 bushels, or 76 bushels per acre. The 

 value of the crop is as follows : — 



3Iilton, November 11th, 1857. 



